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The Disappearing Lake
Commentators explain that the 'sea' in this verse likely refers not to the ocean, but to a large lake or a seasonal river that would completely dry up in the arid climate. The image is one of total and final disappearance, powerfully illustrating Job's feeling that once a person dies, they are gone from this world for good, leaving no trace behind.
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Albert Barnes
On Job 14:11
18th Century
Theologian
As the waters fail from the sea - As the waters evaporate completely, and leave the bottom entirely dry, so it is with man, who pas…
Charles Ellicott
On Job 14:11
19th Century
Bishop
As the waters fail from the sea seems commonly to have been misunderstood because it has been taken as a comparison; but there is …
John Gill
On Job 14:11
17th Century
Pastor
[As] the waters fail from the sea
the words may be rendered either without the as, and denote dissimilitude, and the…
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Matthew Henry
On Job 14:7–15
17th Century
Minister
Though a tree is cut down, yet in a moist situation, shoots come forth and grow up as a newly planted tree. But when man is cut off by death, he is…